Machine for registering mail-matter.



No. 756,714. PATENTBD APR. 5, 1904. DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN. MACHINEFOR REGISTERING MAIL MATTER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1896.

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No. 756,714. PATENTED APR. 5, 1904. DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN. MAGHINEFOR REGISTERING MAIL MATTER.

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DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN. MACHINE FOR REGISTERING MAIL MATTER.

APIPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1896.

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No. 756,714. PATENTED APR. 5, 1904. DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN.

MACHINE FOR REGISTERING MAIL MATTER.

APPLICATION rum) SEPT. 28, 1896.

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No. 756,714. PATENTED APR. 5, 1904.

DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVQRGNAN. I MACHINE FOR REGISTERING MAIL MATTER.

' APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1896.

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APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1896.

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No. 756,714. PATENTED APR. 5, 1904. DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN, MACHINEFOR REGISTERING MAIL MATTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1896.

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APPLIUA'IION FILED SEPT. 28, 1896.

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No. 756,714. PATENTED APR. 5, 1904.

DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN. MACHINE FOR REGISTERING MAIL MATTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1896 l l n 1 W/T/VESSES:

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No. 756,714. PATENTED APR. 5, 1904. DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN.

MACHINE FOR REGISTERING MAIL MATTER.

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No. 756,714. PATENTED APR. 5, 1904- DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN.

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ATTORNEYS UNIT D STATES Patented April 5, 1904;

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A. S. DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN, OF ROME, ITALY.

MACHINE FOR REGISTERING MAIL-MATTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 56,714, dated April5, 1904.

Application filed September 28, 1896. Serial No. 607,156- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN, of Rome, Italy, haveinvented a new and Improved Machine for Registering Mail-Matter, ofwhich the following is afull,

clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to machines for registering mail-matter, and theobject is to provicle a machine for this purpose that may be easilyoperated by a person sending the mailmatter after the proper coin orcoins shall have been inserted or after the postage shall have beenotherwise paid, and, further, to so construct the machine that a copy orcopies of the original receipt delivered to the party sending themail-matter will be retained in the machine and bound in book form, thesaid retained copy or copies being for the use of the postalauthorities, and,- further, to so construct the machine that mail-matterdeposited will be consecutively numbered and numbers printed on thereceipts to correspond witih the numbers on the mail-matter deposite Iwill describe a machine embodying my invention and then point out thenovel features in the appended claims. I

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a top plan view principally showing the casing in whichamachine embodying myinvention is placed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of themachine with the top of the casing removed. Fig. 3 is a section on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing numbering-wheels andtheir operating mechanism. Fig. 5 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 6 isa section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation ofa carriage employed and its operating parts. Fig. 8 is a top plan Viewof said carriage. front elevation with the front of the casing removed.Fig. 10 is an end elevation with the casing broken away. Fig. 11 isasimilar view to Fig. 10, but showing certain parts in a'differentposition. Fig. 12 is a side elevation of a coin-chute. Fig. 13 shows aporelevating the same.

Fig. 9 isa' tion of said coin-chute. Fig. 14 is an end elevation of themachine with a portion of the casing broken away. Fig. 15 is a sectionaldetail view drawn on an enlarged scale. Fig.

16 is an elevation showing a portion of a binding device'employed.- Fig.17 is an elevation of said d'evice,showing the opposite side- Fig. 18 isa section through the line 18 18 of Fig. 17. Fig. 19 is atop plan viewof said device. Fig. 20 is a plan view of a writingtable employed andalso showing means'for Fig. 21 is a section on the line 21 21 of Fig.20. Fig. 22 is a bottom plan view of-a shaft used in feeding the paperstrips to be printed upon. Fig. 23 is an elevation showing a portion ofa letter-chute employed. Fig. 24 is a section on the line 24 24.

of Fig. 23. Fig. 25 is a side view, drawn on an enlarged scale, showingcoin-pans employed. Fig. 26 is a top view thereof. Fig. 27 is a top planview showing printing devices and means for carrying forward the stripsof paper to be printed upon. Fig. 28 is a section substantially on theline 28 28 of Fig. .27. Fig. 29 is a side elevation of printingmechanism employed. Fig. 30 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 31 is anend View thereof. Fig. 32 shows the opposite end of said printingmechanism.

Fig. 33 is a longitudinal vertical section of- :said printing mechanismdrawn on an enlarged scale.

tionof aportion of a type-carrier employed." Fig. 35 is a transversesection thereof. Fig.

Fig. 3 1 is a longitudinal sec- 36 is a perspective view showing amodification. Fig. 37 shows an insurance-strip that may be employedatcertain times. Fig. 38 is a modification showing a means for making animpression on the receipt when the machine is adapted for use upondepositing or aflixing a postage-stamp to -a duplicate receipt. and Fig.39 is a section substantially through the line 39 39 of Fig. 38.

The machine comprises a suitable casing 1, having on its top adome-shaped receptacle 2, within which is mounted to rotate aletter-carrying chute 3. This letter-carrying ghute 3 hastrunnionrbearings at its ends through the dome-shaped receptacle 2, andit is open at its opposite ends, one open endv being adapted tocommunicate with an inlet 4, leadirig through the wall of thedome-shaped receptacle 2, and

the other end being adapted to communicate with a letter-chute '5,extendeddownwardthrough the body of the casing 1 and communicatingat itslower end with a suitable receptacle for mail-matter. A closure 6, hav-,jng arms 7 mounted to swing loosely on the trunnions of theletter-carrying chute 3, is designed to close the inlet4 to prevent thein sertion of letters or other mail-matter into the chute 3.

Mounted on a shaft 8, extended transversely through the dome-shapedreceptacle 2, is a finger 9, having. at its end an outwardly-extendedlug 10, and also aflixed to this shaft 8 at right angles to the finger 9are arms 11,,to which the lower ends of links 12 are pivotallyconnected, the upper ends of said links 12 being pivotallyconnected tothe arms? of the closure 6. Whenthe machine is in its closed- 19, formedina plate 20, arranged within the dome-shaped receptacle 2. The underedgeof V the latch 13 is curved upward from its latching portion to itsend, thus forming a curved surface that may ride upon the lug when theseveral parts are moved toa closed and locking position. It is obviousthat when the latch is inengagement with the lug 10, as indicated in'Fig. 10,m0tion cannot be imparted to the levers 15 and 16.

Pivoted on a shaft 21 is a dog 22, adapted to engage at itsupper endwith the under side of the lug 10,-and also on-this shaft 21 andextended substantiallyat right angles to the dog 22 .is an arm 23,havingpivotally connected to its free end a; link 24, the lower end ofsaid link 24. being pivoted to a tappet-lever 25,the

said tappetlever 25 being pivoted on a lug 26 on a hanger-27, dependingfrom a frame portion 28 of'the machine.

- Around the shaft 8 is'coiled a spring 29,0ne

. 'end of said spring being attached to the shaft and the other .end ofthe spring being attached to a fixed frame portion of the machine. Ob-

viously when the dog 22 ismoved from its engagement with the lug 10 thesaid spring 29 will rotate the shaft 8, causing the finger .9 .to movedownward to the position indicated in Fig. 11, and at the same time thelinks 12 will cause theclosure 6 to. move downward to the'positionindicated in Fig.11,and thus allow access to the chute 3. It will beobserved that the chute 3 has on its lower side a depending segmentalstrip 30, which will serve to close the inlet 4 when the chute 3 isrotated to its vertical position. Indica'tedb y dotted lines inEig. 11.)p

I- will now-describe the means for releasing the locking mechanism uponthe deposit of a coin of properdenomination or weight. Ex-

tended downward through the dome-shaped receptacle 2 is a coin-chute 31.This coinchute 31 has an opening 32 through the front wall of the domeshaped receptacle 2, and it is curved inward and downward in such amannerthat itsupper portion will extend trans versely of the machine andits lower portion will extend vertically of the machine. The

horizontally-disposed portion of the chute is provided withaslot-opening '33, the sides of which are formed by inwardly extendedfianges 34. These flanges 34 will be of sufiicient width toengage with acoin of proper size, but should a coin of smaller size be placed in thechute the same will fall outward through .the slot-opening 33, thusrendering said small coin inoperative with relation to the lockingdevice] The lower end of the, coin-chute 31 communicates with a coin-pan35, mounted on a rocking lever 36,- and from this coin-pan 35 a coin ofproper denomination is discharged into a coin-pan 37 mounted on aswinging arm 38. As the coin-pan 35 first receives the coin, I willdesignate it as the receiving-pan, and designate the pan 37 as thedepositing-pan.

- The arm 36of the coin-receiving pan 35 is fulcrumed to a bracket 39,depending from the frame portion 28, and at its end the said arm isprovided with an adjustable weight 40 for counter-balancing the pan 35.Pivotally mounted on the arm 36 is what may be termed anacceleratingarm' 41. This arm 41 extends upward above the. arm 36 and ismovable between tappets42, adjustable in lugs 43, extended upward fromthe arm .36. These tappets 42 may be adjusted toward or from' the arm 41to regulate the movement of said arm. This arm 41 is provided with athreaded portion,upon which ismounted an interiorlyscrew '-.threadedweight It will be seen that the pivotal point of this, arm 41 is justforward of the pivotal arm 36, and the object of the weighted arm '41 isto accelerate the movement of the arm 36 at "'a certain time in itsdownward movement, so as to discharge a coin therefrom. This operationwill take place when the arm 36 is substantially in the positionindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 25. At this time the front edge of thearm 41 will move against the'front tappet 42 with considerable force.

Itmay be here stated that should a coin of light weight be placed inthepan 35 it willremain substantially in' the position indicated by thedotted lines until the next deposit of a coin in the chute 31.

to retur'n the pan 35 to its normal upper posltion in line with thelower end of the chute. The means forc'ausing this operation consistsIIO The insertion of a coin in the upper end of the chute 31 willoperate

